Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank you both for being here today. I know you're really busy. We appreciate hearing from you, and I appreciate Shannen's story.
As you know, the focus of our committee's study is the prospects for Canadian girls with regard to economic prosperity, economic participation, and economic leadership, and what changes can be made by Status of Women to its approach to improving them.
Claudette, you mentioned that there would be approximately 400,000 aboriginal youth entering the labour market by 2020 and that about half of them would be girls. Can you tell us what, in your experience, you think the focus of Status of Women should be when trying to directly improve the economic participation, prosperity, and leadership of aboriginal girls in Canada?